| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
347 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Die erfundene Wirklichkeit. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Introduction -- An introduction to radical constructivism / Ernst von Glasersfeld -- On constructing a reality / Heinz von Foerster -- Part 2. Effect or cause? -- The consequences of causal thinking / Rupert Riedl -- Self-fulfilling prophecies / Paul Watzlawick -- On being sane in insane places / David L. Rosenhan -- Self-reflexivity in literature : the example of Samuel Beckett's novel trilogy / Rolf Breuer -- Part 3. The imperfect perfection -- Active and passive negation : an essay in Ibanskian sociology / Jon Elster -- Components of ideological "realities" / Paul Watzlawick -- Part 4. The fly and the fly-bottle -- Can an inquiry into the foundations of mathematics tell us anything interesting about mind? / Gabriel Stolzenberg -- The creative circle: sketches on the natural history of circularity / Francisco J. Varela. |
| Language |
Translation of: Die erfundede Wirklichkeit. |
| Subject |
Constructivism (Philosophy)
|
|
Reality.
|
| Indexed Term |
Reality Perception by man - Philosophical perspectives |
| Added Author |
Watzlawick, Paul, 1921-2007.
|
| ISBN |
0393017311 |
|
9780393017311 |
|
